As many of you know, CCL and I have new addition to the family, Koko, a domestic short-hair is now nine months. She is very sweet and seems pretty smart. For sure she is time enough for Jean Claude. Koko has distinquished herself already as a climber – twice now while at CCL’s house she has climbed from the downstairs back yard to the top floor balcony. For right now Koko is at my house where she will have an extended stay. She did some exploring and she slept quietly on CCL’s lap for a bit.
Fall brings so much. Back to school. Cooler weather. For me it’s the most dramatic in change. Perhaps the colors or that it was always the time that as a child we went from play to work. Just as it is the first fall in six years without Roxie, now there’s Koko. Finally, finally Jean Claude seems to be warming up to the new kitten a domestic shorthair.
CCL’s Front Yard Garden
My daughter CatzandAllDatz AKA , CCL(Crazy Cat Lady) has a beautiful front yard garden. As her mom, I am a bit anal when it comes to yards and I must admit I did not share CCL’s vision when early this summer she and a group of the neighborhood children planted the garden. To me the “garden” appeared to be a mishmash of mums, ground plants and flowers. Where, I would ask CCL (often), is the theme? Why didn’t you just put down grass? , I would say each time I paid a visit. Where , I would ask, is the structure? When, I would ask CCL, are you going to put down more mulch? Soon the rain came, the sun did its work and CCL had mulch put down in between the flowers and plants. Now a living piece of art graces my daughter’s front yard. Isn’t life sometimes like that? A series of unseemingly related events comes together with human inspiration and God’s touch and voila! Faith brings us bouquets.
There was recently a Time Magazine story on animal friendships. It detailed the intimate and friendly relationships of bears, monkeys and other animals. There is no doubt to me that Roxie, the Japanese bobtail cat and Jean Claude, the black Bombay cat share a great love. Despite their bickering, fur snatching and overturning of objects in the heat of battle, they are truly enamoured of each other. They provide each other comfort, protection and inspiration. Besides when it’s all said and done, Roxie, though half Jean Claude’s size, can and often does kick Jean Claude’s tin-can. She is a queen. Now a brief dedication to another Queen – departed from this world too soon. Whitney Houston’s music lives on.‘.
As I write this I think I let Jean Claude out of the back porch/pantry. I make no promises he will get back in the house. I am exhausted but I feel compelled to write this blog. What a day! Now collecting my thoughts and trying to will myself to get into bed after I write this blog. I have to admit I’ve written about this before but it is true – a good desk calendar can make the difference. Today I pitched a dreary one that dealt with life lessons. It prescribed daily doses of helpful “household or lifestyle hints” with peculiar humor – UGH . I now have the 2012 Robin Pickens “Seize the Day” calendar series which includes daily words of inspiration. It’s quite wonderful. We can all use a little inspiration in our lives. A good “page a day” desk calendar. Ah- . Now where’s Jean Claude?
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